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Archive for October, 2010

EU to back sale of meat and milk from cloned animal offspring

Thursday, October 28th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

Sean Poulter for The Mail   The sale of meat and milk from the offspring of cloned farm animals is set to be backed by EU Commissioners despite mass consumer opposition.   A huge ... Read more..

ACNA Bishops officiate in Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

The Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans (Southern Africa) opened its second annual conference at St Saviour's Church in  Port Elizabeth on Wednesday October 27th.  The Diocesan Bishop, Bethlehem Nopece welcomed participants ... Read more..

How to talk about homosexuality

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

Joseph Farah for WorldNetDaily   Carl Paladino, the Republican candidate for governor of New York, is in the media and political crossfire now for comments he made about homosexuality – perfectly reasonable ... Read more..

Violent images ‘boost teenage aggression’

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

BBC News   Repeated viewing of violent scenes in films, television or video games could make teenagers behave more aggressively, US research suggests   The National Institutes of Health study of 22 boys aged ... Read more..

My country Chile, reborn from the ashes

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

Jaime Collyer for The Independent   This year's disasters have tested a nation already suffering with the legacy of political strife. But Chile's spirit is unbroken, says Jaime Collyer   Chile is, from its ... Read more..

Without God and country, how will the young flourish?

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

Nick  Spencer for The Guardian   Recent surveys show Generation Y has lost faith in traditional cultural markers. This is unlikely to help society in the long run   On the face of it, ... Read more..

Heroin addicts to get free ‘drugs kits in Scottish jails

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

The Christian Institute   Prisoners in Scotland are set to be given free drug sterilisation kits in a controversial bid to help them inject heroin more ‘safely’, according to The Scottish Daily ... Read more..

Hardliners call for deaths of Surrey Muslims

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

Jerome Taylor for the Independent   Islamic extremists have started openly calling for the destruction of a controversial Muslim sect in a major escalation of sectarian conflict within British Islam, an investigation ... Read more..

Fetal Pain Abortion Law Takes Effect in Nebraska, Could Set National Trend

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

Stephen Ertelt for LifeSiteNews Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) – A new fetal pain law is taking effect today in Nebraska that targets late-term abortions based on the pain an unborn baby will ... Read more..

Do human rights exist?

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

Andrew Brown for The Guardian   Some people may take this as satire. I couldn't possibly comment. But all these arguments have been made to delegitimise religion   The essential point about human rights ... Read more..

Prenups: until bickering and bitterness do us part

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 Posted in Marriage | Comments Off

Tim Dowling for The Guardian   Prenups are now legally enforceable in this country. Here's one you might like to consider   A landmark supreme court ruling has found that prenuptial agreements are legally ... Read more..

Pro-Abort Group Pushes “Blob” Media Images that Hide the Humanity of the Unborn

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

By Patrick B. Craine for LifeSiteNews   VANCOUVER, British Columbia, October 20, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada (ARCC) has recommended a set of photos to the media for ... Read more..

Cracks at the Top (Part V of “The Constitutional Crisis”)

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 Posted in TEC | Comments Off

By A S Haley Now that we have the reports from the third and final day of the meeting in Salt Lake City of ECUSA's Executive Council, we are finally able to ... Read more..

A Cure for our National Amnesia

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 Posted in Apologetics, Education | Comments Off

By Michael Nazir-Ali, Standpoint Magazine It is both rare and welcome to hear an educating and educated speech by the Secretary of State for Education at his party conference. Michael Gove's ... Read more..

Neuroscience and free will: religion and science do not always disagree

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

Peter Clarke for The Telegraph   The free will debate is caricatured as atheist science versus religious tradition, but it's more complicated than that, writes Professor Peter Clarke   Tom Chivers' lively description of ... Read more..

Why ARE so many modern British career women converting to Islam?

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 Posted in Islam | Comments Off

From the Daily Mail Tony Blair’s sister-in-law announced her conversion to Islam last weekend. Journalist Lauren Booth embraced the faith after what she describes as a ‘holy experience’ in Iran. She ... Read more..

Obama’s Anti-Family Agenda

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 Posted in Children/Family, Gay Activism | Comments Off

By Bill Muehlenberg The current American President has done more to undermine the institutions of marriage and family than any other US President. And he has also done more to promote ... Read more..

Science Trumps the Bible? — An Amazingly Candid (and Disastrous) Argument

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 Posted in Apologetics | Comments Off

By Albert Mohler Professor Giberson asserts that to believe in the truthfulness and historicity of the entire Bible is to paddle in an “intellectual backwater.” Christians committed to biblical authority should ... Read more..

DC Congressional Candidate Blankets Capital with Graphic Abortion Campaign Ads

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

By Kathleen Gilbert for LifeSiteNews   WASHINGTON, D.C., October 20, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A pro-life Congressional candidate  in the nation's capital has taken advantage of campaign advertisement law to show graphic abortion ... Read more..

Report: Weakest at risk if assisted suicide is legalised

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

The Christian Institute   The weakest members of society will be most at risk if the law on assisted suicide is changed, a report from a leading think-tank has warned.   Cristina Odone’s report ... Read more..